diff --git a/cutils.h b/cutils.h
index 310a8adba..c1555a759 100644
--- a/cutils.h
+++ b/cutils.h
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#include <winsock2.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
 #define alloca _alloca
 #define ssize_t ptrdiff_t